Discontinuous Crack Fronts of Three-Dimensional Fractures
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
The relation between fracture surface morphology and the three-dimensional structure of crack fronts is investigated through direct observation of brittle cracks in gels. A key notion in this investigation is the discontinuity of the crack front, whose advancement creates the fracture surface. We discuss the significance of our findings in the studies of general three-dimensional brittle fractures.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9810139,
title = {Discontinuous Crack Fronts of Three-Dimensional Fractures},
author = {Yoshimi Tanaka and Koji Fukao and Yoshihisa Miyamoto and Ken Sekimoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9810139},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages, 6 eps-figures, 3 jpg-figures